Word · Frequency #33729
repentant
后悔的;悔改的
核心释义
feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
- 1.
对错误行为感到悲伤
Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing.
对错误行为感到悲伤;后悔的;悔改的
用法In use
When he saw the broken window, the boy looked genuinely repentant.
用法提示:repentant 是形容词,在这里作表语,表示“后悔的”。
She wrote a repentant letter to apologize for forgetting her friend's birthday.
用法提示:repentant 是形容词作定语,修饰 letter,意为“悔过的、表示后悔的”。
After shouting at his mother, he felt repentant and asked for forgiveness.
用法提示:repentant 是形容词作表语,描述主语“感到后悔的”。
be repentant for (sth)
He was repentant for his mistakes.
他为自己的错误感到后悔。
be repentant about (sth)
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- penitent
- 忏悔的 · 指因认识到自己的过错而愿意改正,常带有宗教或道德上的忏悔意味
- remorseful
- 懊悔的 · 指因自己的行为或过失而感到深深的自责和悔恨
- regretful
- 遗憾的 · 指对已经发生或未发生的事感到惋惜或失望,不一定有道德上的自责
词族Word family
- repentants
- plural
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